My fellow med students and other curious minds,
I am a brown man born in the subcontinent, spent half of my life there and half here. I guess you could call me LTOB ‘eltob' (long time off the boat). I am going to medical in DC.
Anyway here is my two cents worth.
Brownman,
You are hilarious. I dig your writing style. I was laughing my a$$ off when I read your post. Please keep it up. About the keg parties, if your medical school is part of a university there should be keg parties there frequently. You shouldn't have any problem hitting those fraternity and house parties. Let us(me) know if your med student status helped you with whatever you were aiming to achieve at those parties. By the way, my friends and I still throw parties, no kegs due to high rate of flatulence among fine looking females. Throw your own, those marginally legals will come
A great medical student once said "STUDY HARD PLAY EVEN HARDER".
On to more mundane matters of life.
Johnny Walker,
Who really care about what other people think. You can't live your life according to what other people think. Fornicate them. Show these bigots who you are with your intelligence and know how and dominate their ass when you hit the floors
John90210,
I am sure the FMGs are good at physical examination skills. I am sure they are good in general but spare me the bull that they are all amazing and they are gods gift to healthcare and America… <img border="0" alt="[Pity]" title="" src="graemlins/pity.gif" />
Here is a point to ponder: How does a MBBS degree amazingly become an MD degree after taking couple of exams. I would really appreciate if you can find a satisfactory explanation to enlighten fools like me.
Kamya,
Great point. Not every FMG now a day is not cream of the crop, as some have portrayed them. They come this country through marriage or other arrangement (getting MBA, MPH) that has less to do with their brilliance in medicine.
Simseema,
Great quote.
Superian,
The FMGs who get residencies might have higher scores. Did you ever think that score might be skewed due to many American born students going to Caribbean or other countries to get their MD degrees coming back to the US to practice. Also, on average FMGs perform poorly compared to AMGs. (Given, if average is a measure of anything these days). Also, please tell me how many FMGs have had research experience and publications in a peer reviewed journal prior to their residency. I could strongly argue not many. Many of the FMGs end up doing research during their rejection years to support themselves or to do science related work until they get their residencies. But then again, there are exceptions to this statement. But it's hardly the norm
Hypersomniac,
Great post :wink:
Thanks for your time,
A humble fool